Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Portion Distortion

I Stumbled across this very good "portion distortion" quiz over at NHLBI's website: Portion Distortion - Then and Now.

 A bagel 20 years ago was 3 inches in diameter and had 140 calories. How many calories do you think are in today's bagel?


a) 350
b) 250
c) 150



A cheeseburger 20 years ago had 333 calories. How many calories do you think are in today's cheeseburger?

a) 590
b) 620
c) 700

Head over to the Portion Distortion Quiz and check it out. I found it an interesting visual reminder that portions are much, much larger today than they have ever been.